Last week was one helluva week, a week in which: The federal government came within hours of shutting down entirely, due to the machinations of the QAnon Republicans whose goal, as the […]
Niger, Siberia and the global uranium wars
By Bill Weinberg Transcript from CounterVortex podcast of Sept. 23 Oaklandsocialist publishes another transcript of a podcast of Bill Weinberg. If you find value in these articles, we urge readers to subscribe to Bill’s […]
Matt Gaetz: From Speaker of the House to 47th President of the United States
Little did anybody expect that one more teensy tiny government shutdown would have the effect that it did, but when House Speaker Kevin McCarthy… Well, let’s back up a bit: Back last […]
Review of forum on socialist orientation towards 2024 elections
Last Sunday (Sept. 17) a forum was held on how socialists should orient towards the 2024 elections. I was one of the panelists. The following is what I presented, followed by some […]
Oaklandsocialist to participate in debate on 2024 elections this Sunday
Save the Date! September 24th 11:00 AM PDT/2:00 PM EDT Socialists and the 2024 Elections in the USA An online forum brought to you by the Marxmail.world List Register Here The Marxism […]
Video: 2024 election preview – House Judiciary Committee quizzes Merrick Garland
Last Wednesday, the QAnon controlled House Judiciary Committee quizzed Attorney General Merrick Garland. That hearing was important if for no other reason than that it gives us a taste of what the […]
Why socialists must argue for arms for Ukraine and how to make that argument
The left and climate catastrophe: a mere “alibi” for the rulers?
by Yorgos Mitralias As Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis invokes – for the umpteenth time – the climate crisis as an alibi to mask his responsibility for the successive natural disasters that have […]
The philosophical musings of Enzo the dog
“I cannot speak, so I listen very well. I never interrupt, I never deflect the course of the conversation with a comment of my own. People, if you pay attention to them, […]
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine: Did NATO make him do it?
by Ilya Matveev Sections of the Western left have developed a narrative according to which Russia has been gradually surrounded by NATO and that supposedly “provoked” Putin. It’s increasingly difficult to sustain […]